Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-16

Mr.. Monday claims to have discovered
silver deposit on his farm in West
Rutland. He sent small lot to New
y ork to be assaved, and a favorable re-
port was rendered, with request to for
ward larger quantity.
Rutland's diphtheria scare is on the
wane: 10 physicians were interviewed
last week and said there were only two
cases in their practice. There are other
cases, however, and there have been GO
cases and about II deaths.
Lee Ketchum. the 15-year old son of
Mrs. Charles Granger of Barre, left home
for church on Sunday, Nov. 30. and has
not been heard from since. No cause is
known for his absence, and his friends
are greatly distressed
An Orleans county man, while cutting
a maple tree, found a stone as large as a
hens egg imbedded in the wood some 20
feet from the ground. From the grains
of the tree it is thought the stone had
been there thirty or forty years.
James j. Carney. a st. Adams farmer
was thrown from his buggy the other
day and sustained bad cuts on his head,
but was not considered seriously hurt.
He went to bed a. usual that night, sank
into comatose condition and died from
his injuries. He was IS years old and
leaves family.
The old Blaine and Logan club of Bur-
lington has been reorganized for the
coming campaign and on Monday chose
these delegates to attend the meeting of
Republican clubs held in New York
yesterday: Senator George F. Edmunds,
Col. Legrand B. Cannon, Editor G.. G..
Benedict of the Free Press. eX-Collector
of Customs William Wells. eX-Postmaster
B. j. Derby and Hon. w. l.. Burnap.
DIR. o. p. Forbush. Montpeliers vet
eran dentist, had narrow escape from
death by the bursting on Monday of his
vulcanizer at pressure of 3l6 pounds to
the square inch. The brass cap struck
the ceiling. and CHANGING. passed within
two inches of his head and through a
window behind him. The apparatus
itself was twisted all out of shape. and
the oil stove beneath was blown to frag-
ments.
y permanent Republican club was
formed at Rutland. Monday evening.
1t will be called the Morrill, Club of Rut-
land. and is differed as follows: Presi-
dent. Albert Clarke: vice president, l.. G.
kingsley; secretary, ID. l.. Morgan
treasurer. W. G.. Clement: executive COM
mittee. f. ID. Reyes. J. c. Dunn. C.. II.
joyce. The following delegates were
elected to the national convention of Re-
publican clubs at New York this week
EX-Judge W. G.. DuntOn, p. II. Kendall,
Page.
There was present at a recent meeting
of the Vermont Gettvsburgh commits sion
in Burlington Governor Ormsbee, Gen.
Wells, Judge Neazey. Colonies F. 5.
Stranahan. Albert Clarke and F. E.
Smith. Captain y. F. Dunshee, Sergeant
Cassius Peck. +. F. Carreck and Lieut..
Benedict. Governor Ormsbee, from the
subcommittee for visiting the field and
locating the site for the monuments, re-
ported. The committee on design sub
mitted a design, fluted Corinthian col
umn, to be something over 80 feet in
height, and it was adopted as the design
for the main monument which is TO stand
on the line of the End Vermont brigade
Gen. Wells submitted a design for a
monument to the cavalry, which was a
large granite block with bronze panel
bearing the spirited figure of a cavalry
man ION the skirmish line